Back to the Moon with Geological Survey of Finland GTK – Espoo Day 2023

For permanent habitation on the Moon, many challenges need to be tackled. Where do we get water and oxygen? How to grow food? How do you make a base? How to make different tools?

Geological Survey of Finland GTK has participated in studies regarding both space and the Earth – geology is needed in a lot of places.

We welcome you to come to visit us on Espoo Day Friday August 28, 2023, at 12-17.00.

You will learn what we are working on now and you get to explore the Geo exhibition with our guides. The exhibition shows how Earth was formed and the impacts of geology in our society. There you can also find an actual Moon stone.

Research Professor Alan Butcher will make mini lectures on the research done around the Moon by GTK and Open University (OU) in the UK.

Time: Fri August 25, 2023, at 12.00-17.00.

The Geo exhibition is in Finnish, but guides can make a short tour in English. The mini lectures are in English.

Program in auditorium (In English)

NASA’s live stream from International Space Station.

• 14.00-14.15 To the Moon and back with GTK -short presentation
  Research Professor, Alan Butcher, GTK
• 15.00-15.15 To the Moon and back with GTK -short presentation
  Research Professor, Alan Butcher, GTK
• 16.00-16.30 Living on the Moon and To the Moon and back with GTK -short presentations
  Mahesh Anand, Professor of Planetary Science and Exploration, Open University, UK
  and Research Professor, Alan Butcher, GTK

The event is free of charge.

In the same building there is a restaurant MAUKAS where lunch can be enjoyed from 10:30 to 14:00. The café offers home-baked sweet and savory delicacies and refreshments until 17:00.

More information

Questions and queries: events@gtk.fi

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